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|Triops australiensis
|Lepidurus apus
|Scientific classification
G. O. Sars, 1867
Keilhack, 1909
The order Notostraca comprises the single family Triopsidae, containing the tadpole shrimp[1] or shield shrimp.[2] The two genera, Triops and Lepidurus, are considered living fossils, having not changed significantly in outward form since the Triassic. They have a broad, flat carapace, which conceals the head and bears a single pair of compound eyes. The abdomen is long, appears to be segmented and bears numerous pairs of flattened legs. The telson is flanked by a pair of long, thin caudal rami. Phenotypic plasticity within taxa makes species-level identification difficult, and is further compounded by variation in the mode of reproduction. Notostracans are omnivores living on the bottom of temporary pools and shallow lakes.
Notostracans are 2–10 centimetres (0.8–3.9 in) long, with a broad carapace at the front end, and a long, slender abdomen.[1] This gives them a similar overall shape to a tadpole, from which the common name tadpole shrimp derives.[1] The carapace is dorso-ventrally flattened, smooth, and bears no rostrum; it includes the head, and the two sessile compound eyes are located together on top of the head.[1] The two pairs of antennae are much reduced, with the second pair sometimes missing altogether.[2] The mouthparts comprise a pair of uniramous mandibles and no maxillipeds.[2]
The trunk comprises a large number of "body rings", which appear to be body segments, but do not always reflect the underlying segmentation.[1] The first eleven body rings compose the thorax and bear one pair of legs each, the last of which also bears the genital opening.[1] In the female, it is modified to form a "brood pouch".[3] The first one or two pairs of legs differ from the remainder, and probably function as sensory organs.[3]
The remaining segments form the abdomen. The number of body rings is variable both within and between species,[1] and the number of pairs of legs per body ring can rise as high as six.[4] The legs become progressively smaller along the abdomen,[3] with the last segments being legless.[1]
The abdomen ends in a telson and a pair of long, thin, multi-articulate caudal rami.[5] The form of the telson varies between the two genera: in Lepidurus, a rounded projection extends between the caudal rami, while in Triops there is no such projection.[1]
Life cycle[edit]
Within the Notostraca, and even within species, there is variation in the mode of reproduction, with some populations reproducing sexually, some showing self-fertilisation of females, and some showing a mix of the two.[1] The frequency of males in populations is therefore highly variable.[3] In sexual populations, the sperm leave the male's body through simple pores, there being no penis. The eggs are released by the female and then held in the cup-like brood pouch.[3] The eggs are retained by the female only for a short time before being laid,[4] and the larvae develop directly, without passing through a metamorphosis.[2]
Ecology and distribution[edit]
Notostracans are omnivorous, eating small animals such as fishes and fairy shrimp.[1] They are found worldwide in freshwater, brackish water or saline pools, as well as in shallow lakes, peat bogs and moorland.[2] In Californian rice paddies, the species Triops longicaudatus is considered a pest, because it stirs up sediment, preventing light from reaching the rice seedlings.[6]
Evolution and fossil record[edit]
The fossil record of Notostraca is extensive, occurring in a wide range of geological deposits, and reaching back to the Carboniferous.[7] The lack of major morphological change since 250 million years ago has led to Notostraca being described as a living fossil.[8] Kazacharthra, a group known only from Triassic and Jurassic fossils from Kazakhstan and Western China,[9] are closely related to notostracans, and may belong within the order Notostraca.[10]
The "central autapomorphy" of the Notostraca is the abandonment of filter feeding in open water, and the development of a benthic lifestyle in muddy waters, taking up food from particles of sediment and preying on small animals.[4] A number of other characteristics are correlated with this change, including the increased size of the animal compared to its relatives, and the loss of the ability to hinge the carapace; although a central keel marks the former separation into two valves, the adductor muscle is missing.[4] Notostracans retain the plesiomorphic condition of having two separate compound eyes, which abut, but have not become united, as seen in other groups of Branchiopoda.[4]
The extant members of order Notostraca composed a single family, Triopsidae, with only two genera, Triops and Lepidurus.[8]
The phenotypic plasticity shown by notostracan species make identification to the species level difficult.[8] Many putative species have been described based on morphological variation, such that by the 1950s, as many as 70 species were recognised.[8] Two important revisions – those of Linder in 1952[11] and Longhurst in 1955[12] – synonymised many taxa, and resulted in the recognition of only 11 species in the two genera. This taxonomy was accepted for decades,[8] "even attaining the status of dogma".[13] More recent studies, especially those employing molecular phylogenetics, have shown that the eleven currently recognised species conceal a greater number of reproductively isolated populations.[8]
See also[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Denton Belk (2007). "Branchiopoda". In Sol Felty Light; James T. Carlton (eds.). The Light and Smith Manual: Intertidal Invertebrates from Central California to Oregon (4th ed.). University of California Press. pp. 414–417. ISBN 978-0-520-23939-5.
- ^ a b c d e J. K. Lowry (October 2, 1999). "Notostraca (Branchiopoda)". Crustacea, the Higher Taxa: Description, Identification, and Information Retrieval. Archived from the original on July 23, 2011. Retrieved February 7, 2011.
- ^ a b c d e Douglas Grant Smith (2001). Pennak's freshwater invertebrates of the United States: Porifera to Crustacea (4th ed.). John Wiley and Sons. ISBN 978-0-471-35837-4.
- ^ a b c d e Peter Ax (2000). "Notostraca". Multicellular Animals. The Phylogenetic System of the Metazoa. Volume II. Springer. pp. 158–159. ISBN 978-3-540-67406-1.
- ^ "Subclass 1. Branchiopoda". The Invertebrata (4th ed.). Cambridge University Press. 1961. pp. 368–375.
- ^ Hugh F. Clifford (1991). "Notostraca: tadpole shrimp". Aquatic Invertebrates of Alberta: an Illustrated Guide. University of Alberta. pp. 144–145. ISBN 978-0-88864-234-9.
- ^ Atte Korhola & Milla Rautio (2001). "Cladocera and other branchiopod crustaceans". In John P. Smol; Harry John Betteley Birks & William M. Last (eds.). Tracking Environmental Change Using Lake Sediments. Volume 4: Zoological Indicators. Kluwer Academic Publishers. pp. 5–41. ISBN 978-1-4020-0658-6.
- ^ a b c d e f Luc Brendonck; D. Christopher Rogers; Jorgen Olesen; Stephen Weeks & Walter R. Hoch (2008). "Global diversity of large branchiopods (Crustacea: Branchiopoda) in freshwater". In Estelle V. Balian; Christian Lévêque; Hendrik Segers & Koen Martens (eds.). Freshwater Animal Diversity Assessment. Hydrobiologia. Developments in Hydrobiology 198. 595. pp. 167–176. doi:10.1007/s10750-007-9119-9. ISBN 978-1-4020-8258-0.
- ^ Liu, Hongfu (1996). "New materials of Late Triassic Kazacharthra from Xinjaing". Acta Palaeontologica Sinica. 4 (35): 490–494. Archived from the original on 2013-04-14.
- ^ Marjorie L. Reaka-Kudla (2002). "Habitat specialization and its relation to conservation policy in Crustacea". In Elva Escobar-Briones; Fernando Alvarez (eds.). Modern Approaches to the Study of Crustacea. Springer. pp. 211–221. ISBN 978-0-306-47366-1.
- ^ Folke Linder (1952). "Contributions to the morphology and taxonomy of the Branchiopoda Notostraca, with special reference to the North American species". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 102 (3291): 1–69. doi:10.5479/si.00963801.102-3291.1.
- ^ Alan R. Longhurst (1955). "A review of the Notostraca". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). 3 (1): 1–57. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.4119.
- ^ Clay Sassaman; Marie A. Simovich & Michael Fugate (1997). "Reproductive isolation and genetic differentiation in North American species of Triops (Crustacea: Branchiopoda: Notostraca)". Hydrobiologia. 359 (1–3): 125–147. doi:10.1023/A:1003168416080.
External links[edit]
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Notostraca.
- Triops cancriformis media from ARKive
- L. D. Godfrey & L. A. Espino (February 2009). "Tadpole shrimp. Scientific name: Triops longicaudatus". UC Pest Management Guidelines. University of California, Davis.
- Data related to Notostraca at Wikispecies
- Notostraca
- Freshwater crustaceans
- Extant Carboniferous first appearances
- Pennsylvanian taxonomic orders
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Man, today was another perfect Minnesota day. A day we wait all winter for. 77 degrees, no humidity, clear blue skies, just perfect.
I nixed the road run this weekend. I ran 20 miles on pavement during the week so it was easy to head for the trail.
Topaz and I ran for another 15 miles at Blue Hill today. Mr. County Forester gave me a warning for having Topaz off leash. I had his leash tied around my waist, that wasn't good enough. Oh well...
As I was running along an open field area a BIG dark green/black with yellow stripes snake slithered across the trail and stopped. Right in the middle of the trail. Topaz stopped and did his hop hop. All four legs bounced two feet into the air. It was hilarious. If I wasn't so scared of the damn Bull Snake I would have peed my pants while laughing at Topaz so hard. But I was scared. I went way off of the trail, through the prairie grass way over my head, to get out of the way. Eeeww.
I have had enough of snakes. Yesterday when I and the boys were bike riding, Troy rode right over a Gardner Snake. It was doing the crappie all over the path. Eeeww again.
I went for a good hard bike ride and lifted this afternoon.
I also probably went for what was the last swim in our pool for the season. Next weekend we'll be up at the cabin and then Steve will be closing the pool up. I hate to see summer come to an end. I love summer. I love summer. I really love summer. But fall is nice, too!
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Israel is picking up some more words though, it's adorable! He is a little rambling man
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Here's a glimpse of what I saw on Pinterest this afternoon. I know want a kitten and bear-toting rat.
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I want this kitten too :)ReplyDelete
I am addicted to pinterest!!!ReplyDelete
I love the wooden bats that are shown hanging on the wall. What are they?ReplyDelete
I don't know if you have seen this, but thought you would like it (my post of a great knitting movement): http://byaccidentordesign.com/knitting-circle/
Good stuff! Loving the color palette you put together and who doesn't need a bear-toting rat? And love your baby's words--maybe "design" will be the next word...ReplyDelete
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I've been feeling exactly the same as you. Laundry (and general mess) is building up, and I'm lacking in motivation and energy (and things to blog about!)...perhaps it's a winter thing...though mine is a lot to do with having an almost 10 month old that still wakes several times every night! Hope you feel better soon xReplyDelete
Cool, cool, swimming pool!ReplyDelete
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I echo what you wrote, I have also been tired and didn't have much creativity at the moment. I have a two year old and 2 months old to keep me busy, very busy... It is wonderful that your little Israel is taking more.Enjoy those precious moments!ReplyDelete
Get a kitten!!!ReplyDelete
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J-Ogg is a collection of Java libraries for reading Ogg files and decoding different contained formats. At the moment the support for Vorbis and FLAC is almost complete (the library decodes all files created by the current versions of libvorbis and libflac correctly) and I've started working on Theora support.
The libraries are likely to run on any JRE version 1.2 or newer. For audio playback, a JRE 1.3 or newer is necessary, and the libraries have only been tested on Sun's JRE 1.3.1, 1.4.0, 1.4.1 and 1.4.2beta for Windows and Linux. It is recommended not to use version 1.4.0, as the Hotspot-compiler in this version seems to have a bug causing a CPU intensive part of the Vorbis decoder to be interpreted, instead of compiled by the Hotspot compiler.
In August 2002, Sun Microsystems released a new version of the Java Media Framework. It was just a minor change from 2.1.1a to 2.1.1b, but with the change of a letter and because of the new licencing policy, they also removed the MPEG codecs from the library. With that, JMF only had support for audio formats used for speech encoding, like GSM, ADPCM, µ-Law and a-Law and had no codec for hi-fi quality sound, except plain uncompressed PCM.
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The Volvo V70 is the latest in a long line of safe and practical midsize wagons from the venerable Swedish company. The V70 has become progressively more stylish and luxurious through the years, while maintaining its superior reputation for safety. Featuring the cargo room of an SUV along with the secure handling and (until recently) the fuel economy of a sedan, the Volvo V70 has always had a lot to offer for families who could afford the somewhat steep price of entry.
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Current Volvo V70
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While past V70s were powered by an eccentric array of five-cylinder engines, the current model is motivated by a 3.2-liter inline-6 that delivers 235 horsepower and 236 pound-feet of torque to the front wheels. The sole available transmission is a six-speed automatic with manual shift control. Although the V70 is a generally competitive car in its segment, we have some reservations about this powertrain. Acceleration and fuel economy are mediocre enough to make us question why you'd buy a V70 instead of a larger crossover SUV.
Such shortcomings would have been more forgivable in the 1990s, when Volvo justly enjoyed a peerless reputation for automotive safety. Other manufacturers have closed the gap in recent years, however, which has enabled safety-minded consumers to be more discerning about other aspects of the driving experience. Fortunately, the V70 has most of these bases covered with its luxurious and spacious cabin, smooth and supple ride, and secure if uninspiring handling. But its lackluster powertrain won't do it any favors in a segment where top safety scores have become more or less par for the course.
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Introduced for 2008, the present third-generation Volvo V70 has since been blessed with additional standard and optional features, including standard Bluetooth and various optional audio upgrades.
The second-generation Volvo V70 arrived on our shores in 2001 and didn't leave until 2007. It boasted a sleeker shape and a new platform shared with the S80 sedan, as well as a striking interior layout largely borrowed from the S60 sedan. Initial trim levels were the base 2.4, 2.4T, T5 and XC. Base models were powered by the venerable naturally aspirated 2.4-liter engine, while 2.4T models received a 197-hp turbocharged variant. The T5 was the most powerful version, with 247 hp.
In reviews at the time, we commented favorably about the V70's combination of style, safety and luxury. We also appreciated the available high-powered turbocharged power plants. Our main criticisms were the wagon's tight rear legroom and high price with options, though depreciation has largely mitigated this concern for used Volvo shoppers.
If you're looking for a used Volvo V70 from this generation, there are a few changes to be aware of. In 2004, the 2.4T was replaced by the 2.5T, which offered a 2.5-liter turbocharged five-cylinder that pumped out 208 hp. An all-wheel-drive V70 (separate from the SUV-styled XC trim level) was available in 2.4T trim for 2002 and 2.5T trim for 2003-'04. The XC eventually became marketed as a separate model beginning in 2004. There was also a high-performance V70 R model, which was a 300-hp all-wheel-drive wonder wagon. It was available from 2004-'07. In terms of features, Volvo made minor improvements through the model run, but no particular year is a significant standout.
The first-generation V70 traces its roots back to the midsize Volvo 850, which debuted in 1993 as the first front-wheel-drive Volvo to be offered stateside. With its advanced safety features (including side airbags from 1995 onward), capacious interior and distinctive lineup of five-cylinder engines, this endearingly boxy people mover quickly became a strong seller. Base models were powered by a 2.4-liter 168-hp naturally aspirated five-cylinder engine, while the T5 model featured a sprightly 222-hp turbocharged inline-5. The GLT received a 2.4-liter 190-hp turbocharged-5 for 1997. Family-minded enthusiasts and their young ones could enjoy world-class performance courtesy of the even more powerful T5 R (later simply "R"), a 240-hp rocket sled that was one of the world's fastest wagons in its day.
The 850 wagon was revised and renamed "V70" for 1998. Apart from mildly updated front-end styling, a streamlined control layout and slightly softer suspension settings, not much had changed. All-wheel drive became an option on GLT models in 1998, and output in the T5 increased to 236 hp, while the top-performing R model was boosted to 246 hp. The base model and midlevel GLT had the same engines as before. A V70 XC version debuted for '98, sporting the turbocharged 2.4-liter engine, increased ground clearance, skid plates and off-road styling cues.
It's worth noting that since Ford took the helm in the late '90s, Volvos have lacked the rock-solid reliability of brands like Acura and Lexus, and they can also be expensive to repair. Finding a good certified used Volvo V70 or a car that still has the factory warranty might be the best way to go.


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Kernel Compilation - advice on compiling a kernel.
Performance - measures of the Raspberry Pi's performance.
Programming - programming languages that might be used on the Raspberry Pi.
Programming languages, IDEs, etc
Tested on Alpha board
- Clojure
- gcc
- g++
- Interp
- Mono (C#)
- OCaml
- NodeJS 0.6.18 (Javascript)
- Perl
- Python [1]
- Ruby 1.9.2 (KidsRuby)
- Scala
Expected to work
- Java
- Eclipse
- Tcl/Tk
- Lazarus
- (maybe) BoaConstructor
- Anjuta for C/C++
- Dev-C++
- CodeBlocks
- Lua
- Small Basic
- Squeak implementation of Smalltalk
- Processing
- Other BASIC variants common to Debian/Ubuntu/Fedora etc. are all likely to work fine, including:
- Regina Rexx
- GalaxC programming language and XXICC "Chicken Coop" environment (works in progress)
See also: RaspberryPiBoard/EducationalLinks for education-friendly languages.
Graphical Programming
- Gambas - possibly a good choice; easy like old visual basic
- Scratch
- Alice
- Android App Inventor
- Kodu
- Star Logo
- PrimerLabs CodeHero
- Lazarus I was working on LaZorOS4Pi a while back to provide a on-device IDE but I'm stuck with only a VGA monitor + chroot. Will pick it back up asap for it is a great combination. (Used: Fedora, Razor-QT desktop and Lazarus-QT+FreePascal. 2nd attempt => Funtoo)
- YAD 'Yet Another Dialog' for fast GUI scripting in BASH.
- EasyBashGui Want to keep it fast and simple than this is your tool. Goes even faster with the code snippets from Komodo Edit + BASH Menu plugin.
- BlueGriffon is a very slick WYSIWYG editor for HTML5.
- Lego Mindstorms
- KTurtle and other Logo/turtle graphics (The IO board supports motor drive outputs)
Would Be Great If These Worked
- wvdial -- Dialer for Land-line, GSM, UMTS modems and other serial devices.
- Sugar Learning Platform: An alternative to the Desktop metaphor of the GUI
- Frink - A language that tracks units of measure through all calculations. If Java works, Frink will work. Frink runs under any version of Java 1.1 or later. Can work without GUI, with AWT GUI, or with Swing GUI.
- GAViewer
- GeoGebra
- codecademy.com
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5 Top Trends in Mobile Marketing 2013
December 19, 2012
Mobile marketing is going to make some major moves in 2013 - just not how most imagine.
Following up on our list of Top 10 Mobile Marketing Initiatives of 2012, it's time to look at some trends we'll see emerge and/or evolve in the year ahead.
Among the most prominent (not necessarily in this order):
5. Mobile Advertising Picks Up Speed (For A Time)
According to Forrester Research, mobile ad spend will boom next year - to $15 billion. Why? Because consumers now spend 10% of their media consumption time on mobile devices, yet mobile attracts less than 10% of ad dollars. The firm reasons that the old school Internet's ad growth from 8% of spend to 22% of spend means mobile must follow course (even though marketers get less and less from that increased Internet spend). But, the firm says, even a small step toward closing the gap will mean big dollars for this medium.
I'm not completely convinced. As a marketer, I find mobile advertising a bore (even some of the newer, much hyped expandable ad units). As a consumer, I find it all a snooze fest.
Mobile's far more powerful than just trying to replicate ad models from the old school Internet and slapping them on a small screen of a phone, or even the larger screen of a tablet. But there's just too much potential revenues at stake so, in 2013 at least, mobile advertising will be a hot topic. Until it's someday not (or is at least recognized as one small, nearly insignificant sliver of the amazing things you can do with mobile). But as Ad Age points out today, 38% of clickthroughs in mobile are from fat, clumsy thumbs.
The pub goes onto talk about some ways mobile video and native mobile ads within apps like Foursquare may see success. But in my view, Coca-Cola's Re:Brief integrated campaign is probably the best example of mobile advertising combining with social & traditional media to work cohesively in a compelling manner.
And, as I write in my book THE ON-DEMAND BRAND, using mobile to not just promote but enhance your product - turn it into a mobile service, ala Nike+ and other successful initiatives - is what will define winners and losers in many categories next year and in the decade ahead.
4. QR Code Stores Proliferate (Just Not in The US)
QR code stores in subways and elsewhere seem to have been the surprise hits of 2012, and could seriously take off in 2013. According to shop2mobi, 300 of these virtual stores launched last year - and 2,000 have already been planned for the next 12 months. Still, while these are huge in South Korea, China, Germany and elsewhere, QR codes themselves still mostly elicit quizzical looks from consumers, when they generate any notice at all. I could easily see commuters in New York or San Francisco taking advantage of these kinds of offerings. But it may be a while before they stand any chance in most of the US - and by the time that happens, we'll probably be onto whatever will replace QR codes next.
3. Mobile CRM Gains Strength As Transaction Capabilities Advance
Here's a winner: Use of mobile for customer loyalty programs like Starbucks'. Look for more brands to move beyond just using mobile to replenish cards to having mobile become the entire platform for loyalty. Look for transaction capabilities to advance, and adoption rates to follow suit.
2. More Brands Make the Mobile + Social + Local Connection
The big trend here is that more brands will stop viewing mobile and social as (just) cool new ways to connect with consumers, and start viewing these channels as cool new ways for brands to enable consumers to connect with one another - moderated and empowered by the brand.
In my piece the other day on social media trends for 2013, I point to early examples of this, including Vail Resort's Epic Mix app, which connects real friends in the real world in a highly social, physical world brand experience.
This past year, one look only at Heineken's personalized concert QR codes to see how ad hoc mobile + social + local branded experiences can take shape.
Look for more of this in the year ahead (especially as it pertains to things like social television viewing) - along with a new syllable, as we move from SoLoMo to SoLoMoCo with the addition of Co, which stands for Commerce. In a mobile roundtable I hosted this last August, SAP CMO Jonathan Becher and I discuss what this new dynamic might mean to brand marketers and retailers alike in the year ahead.
1. Augmented Reality Gets Really Cool
One look at my list of Top 10 Augmented Reality Initiatives 2012, and it's clear that AR - while quite gimmicky today - holds great promise for brand experiences via mobile and elsewhere. One of my favorite things about mobile AR is that it gets to the heart of the mobile ad debate.
In my view, mobile is far more powerful as an activation mechanism for communications we experience in other media - in print, television, radio, direct mail, outdoor and so on - than it is as an ad platform in and of itself. Mobile AR is an experience activated by the consumer, at his or her own initiative, at the point of communications impression. And it delivers something that literally can't be achieved in any other medium.
Not that many consumers are going to go download an AR app and start using it in 2013. But as standards emerge, these kinds of brand experiences will become more common - and will make up some of the cooler components of integrated campaigns in the year ahead.
For more on these and other digital marketing trends, be sure to pick up a copy of my book THE ON-DEMAND BRAND.
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Research material on nomes and ensigns or standards. Folder contains a range of loose notes not specific to a particular nome or standard. The notes include a number of references to Newberry's other notebooks.
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How does a hydraulic jack work?Asked by: Gaurav Kumar
AnswerHydraulic jacks and many other technological advancements such as automobile brakes and dental chairs work on the basis of Pascal's Principle, named for Blaise Pascal, who lived in the seventeenth century. Basically, the principle states that the pressure in a closed container is the same at all points. Pressure is described mathematically by a Force divided by Area. Therefore if you have two cylinders connected together, a small one and a large one, and apply a small Force to the small cylinder, this would result in a given pressure. By Pascal's Principle, this pressure would be the same in the larger cylinder, but since the larger cylinder has more area, the force emitted by the second cylinder would be greater. This is represented by rearranging the pressure formula P = F/A, to F = PA. The pressure stayed the same in the second cylinder, but Area was increased, resulting in a larger Force. The greater the differences in the areas of the cylinders, the greater the potential force output of the big cylinder. A hydraulic jack is simply two cylinders connected as described above.
Answered by: R C Rosignol, B.S., Physics Teacher, Pace High School, Brownsville, TX
An enclosed fluid under pressure exerts that pressure throughout its volume and against any surface containing it. That's called 'Pascal's Principle', and allows a hydraulic lift to generate large amounts of FORCE from the application of a small FORCE.
Assume a small piston (one square inch area) applies a weight of 1 lbs. to a confined hydraulic fluid. That provides a pressure of 1 lbs. per square inch throughout the fluid. If another larger piston with an area of 10 square inches is in contact with the fluid, that piston will feel a force of 1 lbs/square inch x 10 square inches = 10 lbs.
So we can apply 1 lbs. to the small piston and get 10 lbs. of force to lift a heavy object with the large piston. Is this 'getting something for nothing'? Unfortunately, no. Just as a lever provides more force near the fulcrum in exchange for more distance further away, the hydraulic lift merely converts work (force x distance) at the smaller piston for the SAME work at the larger one. In the example, when the smaller piston moves a distance of 10 inches it displaces 10 cubic inch of fluid. That 10 cubic inch displaced at the 10 square inch piston moves it only 1 inch, so a small force and larger distance has been exchanged for a large force through a smaller distance.
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Talk continues about Walker's high-profile speech in Iowa
There's a lot of political buzz surrounding Gov. Scott Walker's high-profile appearance in Iowa.
WISN 12 News political reporter Kent Wainscott was in Des Moines for the event, and said some Iowans now believe Walker is setting the stage for a possible presidential run.
Walker insisted that his high-profile trip to Iowa had nothing to do with testing the presidential waters, but that's not how it's playing there. The Des Moines Register newspaper Friday morning suggested that his appearance here could lay the groundwork for a 2016 run.
It wasn't a campaign speech that Walker delivered to a packed house of Iowa Republicans Thursday night, but there were moments when he sounded like a national candidate.
"We had more donors last year than any Republican other than Mitt Romney," Walker said.
He even played up his Iowa roots several times during the speech.
"I lived in Plainfield, Iowa, so I got a little bit of my Midwest values here as well," Walker said.
Other Wisconsin politicians have tried to go down this road before. Tommy Thompson's brief run for the White House began and ended in Iowa, and Paul Ryan campaigned there last year as a vice-presidential candidate.
One of the best-known experts on Iowa politics said it's too early to know whether Walker will run in 2016, but he's taking the right steps.
"For Gov. Walker to appear at an event like the Polk County Republican Dinner is entirely in line with the caucus experience," said Dennis Goldford of Drake University.
Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad told Wainscott that if Walker decides to enter the 2016 race, he will do well in the Iowa Caucus.
"He's a grassroots, down-to-earth guy that I think (is) the kind the people of Iowa like," Branstad said.
Political analyst David Cochrane agreed, saying Walker has strong appeal to Iowa's traditionally more conservative Republican caucus-goers.
"He's the kind of candidate that would do well, not just because he's close by and familiar with the state and spent some time as a child in the state, but the fact that he's so popular with the Republican base," Cochrane said.
One thing the analysts said Iowa voters do expect from presidential candidates is face-to-face interaction. So, if Walker does eventually consider a run for the White House, it will likely mean a lot more trips to the Hawkeye State.
Some Walker critics followed the governor to Des Moines to speak out against his policies.
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Hello! Thought I would share the mini card I made for Dawn's Color Challenge. Here are the colors we had to work with. They are so pretty....and here is my card....I know that it looks like the butterfly and the button are orange but it really is a coral pink. lol! I had to edit this picture heavily so I could show the subtle, clear emboosing on the white card. I stamped little butterflies in VersaMark and then embossed them with clear powder. (You can see it best in the upper, right corner of the card.)
I have been in my studio playing so I will share more very soon. Thanks for stopping by!
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Dawn McVey's Color Challenge #6
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5 comments:
- Winter said...
So pretty! Love the butterfly!
- May 19, 2009 at 4:28 PM
- 2Bis2DO said...
I love the way you did your butterfly and the way the beads trail.
- May 19, 2009 at 6:58 PM
- BethieJ said...
Your card is LOVELY! Love that butterfly!!
- May 20, 2009 at 3:31 PM
- Carla said...
Love the embossing and the butterfly! And i love to make shapes on cards...such a great way to add detail!
- May 20, 2009 at 11:27 PM
- Sara said...
Your cards are just so pretty! Love the embossing! Great details!
- May 21, 2009 at 5:27 PM
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COLLEGE PARK, Md. – Junior Jay Carlson scored two goals and added an assist on "Senior Day" to lead the No. 7 University of Maryland men's lacrosse team to a 12-6 victory over Navy in front of 4,538 Saturday afternoon at Capital One Field at Byrd Stadium.
The Terrapins improve to 11-3 on the year, while the Midshipman end their season at 4-10.
Maryland started off the scoring at 12:07 with a transition goal. Senior Brian Cooper caused a Navy turnover in the Maryland box and senior Michael Ehrhardt picked up the groundball and pushed it up the field. He found junior Casey Ikeda breaking toward the goal and hit Ikeda with a good pass that Ikeda converted into his first career goal.
Navy answered back just over a minute later to tie things up at 1 with 10:54 remaining in the first quarter, but that was as close as the Mids would get. The Terps scored the game's next five goals to build a 6-1 lead.
Freshman Connor Cannizzaro started off the scoring streak with an unassisted goal from the left alley at the 9:11 mark in the quarter.
Carlson scored his first of the day with 4:06 remaining to give Maryland a 3-1 lead. Carlson put back a rebound off of a shot from sophomore Henry West and tip-toed the crease for the finish.
Freshman Matt Rambo scored the final two goals of the first quarter to improve the lead to 5-1. Rambo's first goal was another transition opportunity. Sophomore Matt Dunn caused turnover to start the break. Some crisp passes from Dunn to Cannizzaro to Carlson and finally to Rambo set up the easy score. The freshman's second goal was an unassisted goal off a rocker step from the left alley with just eight seconds remaining in the first quarter.
Junior Joe LoCascio finished off Maryland's scoring streak with 13:54 remaining in the second quarter when he was able to collect a pass from Rambo that a Navy defender tipped and finish from just outside the crease.
The Midshipman answered back with a goal by T.J. Hanzsche at 11:56 to cut the lead to 6-2.
Just over a minute later Carlson scored his second goal of the day. Ehrhardt came down on another unsettled opportunity for the Terps, but his shot was stopped by Navy goalie John Connors. But Connors couldn't control the rebound and Carlson battled to get the loose ball and scored on the put back.
Navy got goals from Pat Kiernan and Tucker Hull, who led the Mids with two goals and an assist on the day, before then end of the first half to make it a 7-4 game in favor of the Terps.
But Maryland responded by opening up the second half with two straight goals to increase its lead to 9-4.
Junior Charlie Raffa won the opening faceoff of the half and dodged from the back of the crease and scored from the back of his stick for the first goal.
Senior Rustin Bryant followed with an unassisted goal from the left slot with 6:42 remaining in the third.
The Midshipman answered back with two goals of their own to cut the lead to 9-6. The first came from Pat Durkin at the 4:40 mark of the third and the next came from Austin Heneveld with 8:47 to play in the fourth.
The Terps finished off the game with three straight goals to give them a final score of 12-6.
LoCascio scored his second goal of the day with 3:27 remaining in the game when he ducked under a defender and finished from left goal line extended.
Maryland's last two goals came with the Navy net empty. First freshman Colin Heacock scored his lone goal of the day with 56 seconds left, and redshirt sophomore Kevin Forster capped off the scoring with 19 seconds remaining with a shot from roughly 45 yards out.
Senior Niko Amato finished the day with 10 saves to go along with one caused turnover and a ground ball.
Raffa went 16-of-21 at the faceoff X with 11 ground balls to go along with his goal.
The Terrapins controlled the ground ball battled winning 46 groundballs to Navy's 25. Carlson finished the day with seven groundballs, while Cannizzaro, Ehrhardt and Ikeda each had four.
The Maryland defense killed off three extra-man opportunities on the day.
The game marked the final regular season home game for nine Maryland seniors: Tyler Adelsberger, Amato, Bryant,Emmett Cahill, Mike Chanenchuk, Cooper, Ehrhardt, Thomas Guarino and Quinn Haley.
Maryland will find out its postseason fate when the NCAA tournament field is announced on the NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship Selection Show at 9 p.m. on Sunday, May 4 on ESPNU.
Game Notes:
• With today's 12-6 win Maryland is now 55-33-1 all-time vs. Navy and has won the last five meetings vs. the Midshipmen.
• With three points on two goals and an assist, junior Jay Carlson now has 18 multi-point and 15 multi-goal games for his career.
• With two points on two goals, junior Joe LoCascio now has nine multi-point and five multi-goal games for his career.
• With three points on three goals and an assist, freshman Matt Rambo now has nine multi-point and eight multi-goal games for his career.
• With his 11 groundballs, junior Charlie Raffa now has 100 for the season and becomes the first Terrapin to reach the 100-groundball mark in a season since Brian Haggerty had 100 in 1999.
• Raffa is just the fourth Terrapin to pick up 100 groundballs in a season since groundballs were officially kept in 1981. Andy Claxton (171 in 1991, 129 in 1990 and 127 in 1992) and Brian Haggerty (128 in 1998, 127 in 1997 and 100 in 1999) each did it three times, while Jack Francis had 106 in 1981.
• Raffa now has 2015 groundballs in his career and passed Kevin O'Leary (205, 1981-84) for seventh on Maryland's all-time list.
• With his 10 saves, senior Niko Amato now has 601 for his career and joins Kevin O'Leary (705, 1981-84) and Brian Dougherty (658, 1993-96) as the only Terps to reach the 600-save mark for their careers.
• With three caused turnovers, senior Michael Ehrhardt now has 67 for his career and tied Ray Megill (2004-07) for 10th on Maryland's all-time list.


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There are many known results proving convergence of finite element method for elliptic problems under certain assumptions on underlying mesh [e.g., Braess,2007]. Which of these common assumptions are indeed necessary? Can anyone recommend any exact reference to an example of a sequence of triangulations on which the finite element solutions do NOT converge to the real solution?
Let us give a model problem which is of particular interest. Let $\Omega$ be a convex polygon in the plane and $f:R^2\to R$ be a $C^2$-function. Let $u:\Omega\to R$ be a $C^2$-function such that $\Delta u=f$ inside $\Omega$, $u=0$ in $\partial\Omega$. Let $T_h$ be a sequence of triangulations of $\Omega$ such that maximal edge length of $T_h$ approaches zero. Let $u_h:\Omega\to R$ be a continuous piecewise-linear function on $T_h$ such that $u_h=0$ in $\partial\Omega$ and for any continuous piecewise-linear function $v:\Omega\to R$ on $T_h$ we have $\int_\Omega \nabla u_h\nabla v dA=\int_\Omega fv dA$. Suppose that there is a constant $\mathrm{const}>0$ (not depending on $h$) such that:
(1) the ratio of any two edges of $T_h$ is greater than $\mathrm{const}$;
(2) the angles of any triangle of $T_h$ is greater than $\mathrm{const}$.
Then $\max_{\Omega}|u_h-u|\to 0$ as $h\to 0$. [Ciarlet, Theorem 3.3.7]
Which of the assumptions (1) and (2) cannot be dropped here? What are counterexamples? I am mostly interested in uniform ($L_\infty$) convergence of values at the vertices but I would be also grateful for counterexamples for other norms.
[Braess] D. Braess, Finite elements. Theory, fast solvers, and applications in elasticity theory, transl. by L.L. Schumaker, Cambridge Univ. Press, 2007.
[Ciarlet] P.G. Ciarlet, The finite element method for elliptic problems, North-Holland, Amsterdam, 1978, 530 p.


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•••• "Tomb Raider," a reboot of the classic series, has been delayed until Q1 of 2013. Darrell Gallagher, head of Crystal Dynamics (who is developing the game), announced the news via a post on the Eidos forums. [Gamespot]
•••• Investors are trying to recoup their losses on a failed "Stargate" MMORPG that was due to launch in 2010. Things have gone to court, with the game's developer alleged to have mislead investors to the tune of $50 million. I'd love to hear the resigned sighs of the judge hearing this case as phrases like "Goa'uld" and "Jaffa staff" are uttered in court. [The Arizona Republic]
•••• According to sources speaking to The Verge, Microsoft is prototyping a version of its Internet Explorer web browser that works with Kinect and is run from the Xbox 360 dashboard. If you're wondering what Internet Explorer is, it's that thing you uninstalled when you got your new computer before loading up Chrome and Firefox. [The Verge]
•••• Quite an interesting discussion is going on over at female-centric blog Jezebel in regard to a post about "girl-centric video games." The article references the launch of a "feminine computer museum" called FEMICOM. I haven't checked, but I'm sure everyone is having a completely civil discussion about this in the comments after the post was also linked on Kotaku. [Jezebel]
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After somewhat of an early spring lull, we have a huge slate of big games in front of us this week. Tomorrow you'll be able to play "Diablo III" on your PC or Mac, clicking through the long-awaiting dungeon crawling institution. If that doesn't occupy all your time, another "big 3" comes out tomorrow in "Max Payne 3" on PS3 and Xbox 360. If you were geeked out about last night's "Game of Thrones" episode, you'll want to check out the RPG available on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. If you have any energy, time or money left whatsoever, there's also the blockbuster movie tie-in to "Battleship" available on Xbox 360, PS3, Nintendo DS and Wii. Phew!
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If "Mister Rogers" had a baby with "Tim and Eric" that was obsessed video games, it would be "Weekend Game Guy." I'm not exactly sure what percentage of the comedy in this video is intentional, but it's high enough that I watched the entire episode. Let's help out "Weekend Game Guy" and throw him some views, shall we? This is a series that deserves to continue on.
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Man this looks terrible up close. No more zooming out to draw for me!
I was in a big car crash today and had to wait 23984534534 hours at the chiropractor to make sure I wasn't dying or anything. Doodled this up then. Zach and Catherine from their kiddie days? I guess?
I love these two, they're like Mike and Lucy but without all the brain hemorrhaging. (Another note: Am I really the first person to use the pairing tag for them? CANON GIVES BUT WE DON'T TAKE WHY)


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Very cool post from at the game. I plan to be at the Golden State Warriors game then plan to travel to LA to see the boyz vs the Lakers
1st qtr was awesome. Lowry was dishing and driving. Love that he was passing the ball. My heart stopped at some of the 3 attempts, but he hit them so I can't complain. Looking forward to him playing like that more often. Your our starting PG, you have to strive to average 8 assists per night. Don't care how much you score.
Which brings me to JL3. If we can expect 1 good game out of 5 bad ones, that is not good enough. Really feel it can work if it involves the same elements last night. AA driving and creating opportunities. Even when he misses (which is happening often lately) he still creates a chance for offensive boards by Amir & JV or dishing to Rudy or JL3 for three. It was at a good time, we got the win......but it is not sustainable. With a jump shooting team when everything is dropping it's all good.....but when it's not how are we gonna adjust.
Most positive thing for last night to me was
AA driving and creating opportunities.
Amir not fouling out
Lowry getting a good rest
Rudy closing
All while JV & Ross get to play.
Hornets played bad.....but a win is a win
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Rapstor4Life wrote: View PostCant wait for next season, DC no doubt coaching from the get go to his his strengths and having BC but out of how the team should flow, Rookies in their Sopmore years and over all more talent + familiarity Raps should be a shoe in for playoffs maybe even make second round again.
No doubt starting PF and back C and PG need addressing and i'd love having Kris Jospeh as our third string SF/SG other than that im happy with the roster
Amnesty Kleiza, and re-sign Pietrus.
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RaptorReuben wrote: View PostImagine.
The potential. Especially having Bargnani, Fields, AND Ross coming off the bench? Watch out.
No doubt starting PF and back C and PG need addressing and i'd love having Kris Jospeh as our third string SF/SG other than that im happy with the roster
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The potential. Especially having Bargnani, Fields, AND Ross coming off the bench? Watch out.
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The Tonious35 2.10.2013 NOH vs. TOR at-the-game-report
I have a two week vacation to Toronto (from my job in Edmonton) and I will spend two of my 13 nights in the confines of the ACC. Tonight was for the NOH game and on Tuesday I will also see the scary-good-and-no-longer-thuggish-tatooed Denver Nuggets team.
Tonight, we were against a fully manned NOH squad featuring the 'Brow (Anthony Davis), the Venzualean Scrapper (Grievus Vasquez), injury-recovered Eric Gordon, and the 3-pt dead-shooter Ryan Anderson. I was expecting this game to be a close one and have a nail-biter with Gordon going psychotic, 'Brow dunking the rim off, and Ryan Anderson making me say profane material with every nailed 3-pt he make.
Low and behold a few things today did not go the way of NOH and it allowed the new feelin' GAY Raps to pull off a controlled 102 - 89 victory at home. I was watching the game at section 116 row 15 and seat #4. I was a few feet away from the "hallway" were Colangelo leans on. I actually finally saw Wayne Embry walk out of the hall and chilln' like your grandpa on a Sunday morning.
Now I am going to get to the point and do the game summary five points each quarter.
*Bargs was not even in the ACC??? Traded to ....no, he had a flu (over-boozing?)
1st quarter: - Lowry was feeling it, took it to Vasquez early, played good controlled defense on Vasquez, nailed some emergency shots when time was running down, and used his dribble and Gay's presence to find Amir and finish some fast-break opportunities.
- Eric Gordon was totally not feeling it today and DeRozen kept up with him on defense.
- Gay Dunks were awesome and alley-oop was NICE, thanks to the defense.
- Amir was finding all opportunities to cut to the basket and finish the close ones, and Amir was totally out-working an under-weighted, uninvolved 'Brow.
- Big Val started positive and did anything to help the team rebounding and bodying Lopez.
32 - 21 Raps
2nd Quarter: - 11-points lead shaved to -2 in the quarter, problem was the 2 minute window Casey gave NOH with a terrible lineup: DeRozen, a gassed Amir, Lucas, Alan Anderson, and a totally off-night from Ross
- This Roberts guy made Lucas look very stupid, took advantage of the size he had on Lucas and fueled that comeback.
- DeRozen just did not make the game look easy for him, from where we sat, he still needs a lot of work on his dribbling and attack routs to the basket or his sweet spots. Okay he made up for it with that dunk, but that was it.
- Ryan Anderson is expected to be that white-guy who shoots threes very well, but he plays rough, and will fight harder than anyone would expect for rebounds. Sigh...if Bargnani could do the same in the last 4 years, we would have no problem with that.
- Alan Anderson plays within himself most of the quarter and had one defensive assignment he was doing well at: Stop Ryan Anderson from setting up for the 3pt.
50-47 Raps
3rd Quarter: - The Gatorade of both teams were spiked from 12:00 - 6:00. Sloppy basketball by every one.
- Anthony Davis is just getting beat this quarter and can't get ANYTHING going
- Ryan Anderson showing more B-ball IQ, bodying Anderson and going inside for some scoop shots
- Eric Gordon nails his first Jumper, I was afraid it was going to get him going.
+ Lucas nails the shots that usually makes the entire ACC go "Noooooo..S#@%"
69-66 Raps
4th Quarter: - Lucas just keeps on nailing every shot, channeling his inner Jameer Nelson, and all the teammates are feeding the *HOT* Hand. Casey sensed the hot-hand and let Lucas take over.
- J-VAL out-working Lopez on every possession, tipping back missed shots from teammates, nails Anderson politely to the ground.
- When Al-Farouq Aminu checked in, I pumped my fist and said *YESSSSSS* (Chris Smoove was always right about Aminu)
- Gay stopped shooting the three and looked aggressively for efficient baskets.
- Defense tightened and took away the efficient options for NOH. Letting Robin Lopez shooting a jumper means good D by the Raps or bad O by the Hornets.
102 - 89 Raps
Player Grades:
Grievus Vasquez: B- Defence was meh, but displayed his full aggressive ability to get efficient baskets at any opportunity.
Eric Gordon: D+ From what I expected of him, this was the worst showing I have ever seen from him and now I know to some perspective NOH fans would want him traded for useful assets.
Anthony Davis: D for DISAPPOINTMENT. Did not battle out Amir or Jonas for any position and assert himself in the paint, played right into the hands of the Raptor paint patrol.
Al-Farouq Aminu: F Missed free throws, dropped passes, very mediocre D on Gay, no wonder Chris Smoove wanted to trade him on his My Player.
Robin Lopez: B Played almost equally tough ball on Jonas and Amir, looked for his efficient spots in the paint, but missed some free throws.
Ryan Anderson: A Drained the limited threes he saw, used his size to over power Alan Anderson, fought hard for rebounds. Smartest Hornet on the floor.
Austin Rivers: C+ Nailed some open looks and used his limited dribble on match ups or late coverages. Fast, but not smart at all. Needs to read from the book of JJ Reddick to make an impact in the NBA.
Brian Roberts: B Used any advantage against John Lucas to start the 2nd quarter rally. Good pull-up game.
Jason Smith: C No you are not Amir Jonhson, don't shoot the elbow, just get offensive rebounds and put-backs.
Kyle Lowry A- : Asserted his dribble and found teammates in the paint and on the fast break. Defended Grievus enough to avoid the back-breaking 3s.
Demar DeRozen: C- Kept Eric Gordon in check, but faltered on offense and did not make the game easy for himself.
Rudy Gay: B+ Good all around defense (okay his SF match ups were horrible compared to him). Took him two quarters after the 1st to find his efficiency spots. No Threes please, not until another time.
Amir Johnson: B Great 1st quarter to start it off. Took the 'Brow out of the game physically an psychologically. Casey left him on too long in the 2nd and gassed out. Usual, but not amazing Amir game.
Jonus Valanciunas A: Worked hard against the scrappy Lopez and patrolled the paint. 34 minutes and posted a well earned double double. Saw Ryan Anderson as Tyler Handsborough and decided to take revenge on him. The key player to secure the 4th quarter.
Alan Anderson B : Would of been an A if he did not try to go 1 on 2 at a couple of possessions. Played Ryan Anderson pretty decently to avert a 3pt barrage, and forced him to score for two and drain time.
John Lucas A-: One of the factors allowing the 1st quarter lead to disappear. Made up for it by nailing a bundle of triples in the 4th quarter, and rare occasion Casey gambled with JL3 and won the bet.
Landry Fields B: Rusty on offense, but he was there to stop any momentum from the match up that NOH started in the 4th (Vasquez, Gordon, and Rivers).
Terrence Ross D: Limited playing time, but he was not that involved or into it leading to the 2nd quarter choker.
Aaron Gray: B...he dunked
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Even on his off nights he doesn't go totally off. He was 3 for 7 but he shut down. odd.
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What happened with Demar? Why was his production so low tonight?
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I only caught some portions of the game.
What happened with Demar? Why was his production so low tonight?
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Raps cant do THAT.
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Ross' defense was pretty awful, it's probably a good thing he was planted on the bench. Gotta be held accountable to some extent
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Im just going to go out on a limb here and say Ross has hit the wall, look so exhausted tonight he and Demar actually I guess Pacers physicality carried over a couple of days the Raps won ugly tonight Jhonson And JV gotta share that energy, and Lucas played for his bench position tonight lol.
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Awesome bullet hell game.
Liked the final boss, was challenging to get a golden run.
I wish you could have been able to use the mouse to control the spaceship, the keyboard was alright.
No mute button, the music do get repetitive due to low amount of track list.
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The throphy works and i got them all.
Fantastic rhythm game with STELLAR (Literally) music!
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Recently, a dear friend of mine had his life taken by people/someone. I have been in deep reflection of my own life/mortality and my friend Travis. I would like to share a few memories of him and his influence in my life. Travis was in my singles ward here in Mesa AZ, he was my neighbor and my friend. I went over to his house often to hang, play with his dog and have many deep discussions on various subjects. Travis lived each day to be better for the next. He was a man of service, of great accomplishment and exuded a Christ like love to all those around him. I am truly a better person for knowing Travis Alexander. I am so grateful to have him as a friend! I am a big believer in Christ blessing us through other people being brought into our lives. He is just one example of that in my own; an incredible blessing he is too. Travis, I will never forget you, your legacy, your sweet services to me, kind words, counsel and advice. I hope to be like you someday.
Travis was a awesome motivational speaker and wonderful writer. You can read some excerpts from a book he recently finished at www.travisalexander.net
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We are so sorry to hear that. What a sad circumstance. We are glad that you have so many good memories of him. I am always that we believe in life after death. It makes it a little easier to deal with. We are so sorry Johnna.
- June 21, 2008 at 9:17 AM
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Although I don't think your friend deserved to die.
He was a fraud. A hypocrite.
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